Improvement in oar-locks



UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE.

VVILLIAM PERRY GLADING, OF NEW YORK, Y.

IMPROVEMENTv IN OAR-LOCKS.

Specification forming' part of Letters Patent N 0. 10,543, dated February 21, 1854.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM PERRY GLAD- ING, of the city of New York, county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Rowlock for Preventing the Oar from Wearing Off Against the Oar-Lock; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactv description.

The nature of my invention consistsin providing the oar with a cylinder surrounded With a band and bolt, forming' a rowlock, which prevents the oar from wearing off and prevents the oai` from slipping out of its place.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

scribed, for preventing the oar from wearing off against the rowlock and preventing the oar from slipping out of its place.

WILLIAM PERRY GLADING. Vitnesses:

FRANKLIN FERRY, FANOIS GAY. 

